Tristan Cartledge is an Australian Rules Football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 player, who plays for the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

. He began his career at Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in 2002 after being drafted in the 2002 National Draft at selection 28.

Cartledge only managed 7 games for Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 before being delisted at the end of the 2006 season by long time coach Kevin Sheedy.

He was then given a lifeline by Richmond Coach Terry Wallace

Terry Wallace

Terry Wallace is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships as well as achieving All-Australian selection, and two Best and Fairests with the Footscray Football Club...

, when he was selected in round three of the 2007 Rookie Draft at selection 33. He was delisted at the end of the 2008 season.

External links

• http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player.asp?id=71
• http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-essendon-bombers--tristan-cartledge
• http://www.afana.com/drupal/node/364